US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Feb. 18 for "Methods for detecting an increased risk for coronary heart disease" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,806, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Methods for detecting an increased risk for coronary heart disease" was invented by Jonathan C. Cohen (Dallas) and Helen H. Hobbs (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to an allele on human chromosome 9 associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease and the use or detection of such an allele in determining whether a human has an increased risk for coronary heart disease. In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting a predisposition or propensity or susceptibility for c...